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Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) Conflict engineered by the Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck . The nominal cause was a dispute over the Spanish succession. Bismarck's aim was to use the prospect of French invasion to frighten the s German states into joining the North German Confederation dominated by Prussia. When the French declared war (July ...

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